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Day For Night: Recognizing Teenage Depression (5 min.)

(5 min.) This is a trailer for Day For Night, an in-depth look at the signs, symptoms, and treatment of teenage depression. The film features the true stories of teenagers and their struggles with clinical depression and bipolar disorder as well as interviews with their friends and families and mental health professionals.

you may wanna look into DBT (dialectical behavioral therapy) – therapists generally aren’t supposed to tell you quite how to handle stuff, but DBT has a rep for being more into breaking stuff down practically!

bleh, now i think i may have found out that i have depression…which is kindda weird since i never really considered the possibility, and im in my second year of psychology…kinda embarrassing to just realize it now, and in the middle of class too xD. Too bad my pride in paying for help from a professional is keeping me from seeking this happy way of seeing life that everyone seems to be talking about…either that or im just a natural pessimist. though its really annoying to be sad and stuff.

That we all make cognitive errors that feed into our outlook on life, and this influences our actions, which influences the world around us, which then can feed back into our negative thoughts (if that makes sense!) In other words, you can just be a ‘pessimist’, but there’s help for that. If I explained that wrong, sorry, I’m not a therapist myself. Do what you need to do to feel good; you’re worth it!

Per my prev remark, I have now moved to a different state, I know noone, and well, because of my apperence I keep to myself and work to keep food in my stomach and a roof over my head… I’m hopeless, just look at my 1 or 2 vids I’ve ever posted and you’d know what I mean… I quit taking care of myself in highschool cause I was constantly being made fun of and eventually just gave up… I know about 4 people here in denver, co now outside of work… guess it’s just hopeless at this point..

prob not the best person to talk do but at this point, a friend in my life would be nice… and it’s funny that only people that knotice you are depressed are probably people that are in your shoes.. that’s something somone told me at one point weather or not it’s true IDK but it seems to be an accurate statment

I know what you mean about secrets. It’s not that I don’t trust people but it always feels safer to tell them to folks who don’t live near me! The internet is good for that, for sure.
It’s really hard to start in a new place. Other than meeting friends of friends, it’s really difficult to meet people if you don’t go out of your way to do so! And without the confidence that people’ll give you a chance, that’s hard to do.

Do you ever look at guys/gals who seem like total D*bags and wonder how it is that they can put themselves out there, and why anyone would want to talk to them? (ok, maybe that’s just me!). The point is that its possible to do better than you’ve been doing, and it’s worth it. Sometimes you just need help finding another way to go about stuff. (Anyone else who’s been there, feel free to chime in on this!)

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My girlfriend has bipolar disorder(manic depression) and I’ve noticed that she does feel a lot better when we talk things out. My mother doesn’t like the idea of me going out with her because she says, “if you happen to have a child with her, she might get postpartum depression and try to kill your child.” That kind of advice is just what a person can’t hear when they have a problem like depression. I actually felt depressed after my mom told me that >_>

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Join Kathryn DeLonga, PsyD for a workshop on depression and teenagers. This event will take place in Rockville, Maryland. It will not be recorded. A webinar with similar content will be available on the NIMH YouTube channel after the event. This event is free and open to the public. No CEUs will be offered.